Angeline Solange Bonono
Angeline Solange Bonono (2 March 1975 – 15 May 2025) was a Cameroonian teacher, novelist, actress, playwright and theatre director. BiographyEarly lifeAngeline Solange Bonono was born on 2 March 1975. Her parents were teachers and youth counsellors. Her father died in 1979.[1] She attended secondary school at the bilingual high school in Essos, Yaoundé.[1] Her academic journey included a bachelor's degree with an option in German, a bachelor's degree in French literature, a master's degree in theatre studies, another master's degree in French literature, a diploma in general high school teaching (DIPES II), and an advanced studies diploma (DEA) in French literature.[2] WritingIn 1981, Angeline performed in the troupe of the bilingual college of Ngoa-Ekellé, playing Kabeyene ou à qui la faute by Julien Mfoulou, later televised. In 1982, she performed in La Secrétaire particulière by Jean Pliya.[1] She contributed to three collective books. The first, D'aujourd'hui: 15 poètes camerounais, included her work Que la poésie soit avec vous with 14 other Cameroonian poets.[3] The second, Les Balançoires, included her piece La femme que je suis devenue in 2006.[4] The third, Cameroun mon pays, featured her work Apostolat de la fourchette in 2008.[5] She participated in writing residencies, festivals, and intellectual societies such as the Round of Poets alongside Pabé Mongo.[1] Her literary works span various genres including novels, theatre, children's literature, and essays.[1] Angeline wrote and produced the screenplay Oui No with journalist François Bingono Bingono of Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV). She starred in the feature film Amours à hauts risques directed by Serge Alain Noa.[1] In 2008, she won the Clé Editions award for Best Playwright for La Déesse Phalloga directed by Rodrigue Barbe at the fourth edition of the Francophone Theatre Scenes festival.[1] TeachingBonono taught French at high schools in Ebonè, Nkongsamba, Obala, at the Lycée général Leclerc in Yaoundé, and was a lecturer in African literature at the University of Yaoundé I. In 2008, she became a regional pedagogical inspector of French.[6][2] DeathBonono died on 15 May 2025, at the age of 50.[7] Literary contributionsSeveral authors have analyzed her works. Mokwe Edouard discusses her works in L'afrocentrisme dans la prose d'Angeline Solange Bonono as a response to reestablish Cameroon's and Africa's reputation.[8] Raymond Mbassi Atéba explores the sexual idea brought to writing in his book La Plume androgyne d'Angeline Solange Bonono: du féminin à la masculinisation de l’écriture.[9] PublicationsNovels
Short stories
Theatre
Poetry
Collective works
Stage productions
Awards
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